Blush

For quite a while now, I have been wanting to do a sermon entitled, "Why don't people blush anymore?" Maybe this weekend's talk (2/15/09) will finally fill that itch.

Why do people blush? I would guess that it is because we were embarrassed, caught with the hand in the cookie jar. Or because I did something silly and made a fool out of myself, which is typical. But we have made blushing something negative. You hear the comment, "Oh look, they are blushing!" And everyone laughs.

But if we did not blush or ever feel shame, then have we become desensitized to life? to right and wrong? to sorrow?

Have our hearts become hardened? Have we seen so much as a society that it is hard to embarrass us?

Yet, shame out of hand is so dangerous. Where is the balance between these two worlds?

BTW does God ever feel shame? Can I cause God to feel shame? That's the subject for another blog...but Hebrews 11:16 is eye opening.